Linden initially introduced "traffic" or "dwell" as a way to reward residents who create popular locations.

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Linden initially introduced "traffic" or "dwell" as a way to reward residents who create popular locations. Currently, traffic provides Residents with an off-the-cuff answer to the question "How popular is a place?"

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== Since 2006 ==

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* In 2006 traffic was changed to be a minute an avatar spends in a parcel (Ref: [http://forums.secondlife.com/showpost.php?p=1371911&postcount=19])

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* The traffic of all avatars count, regardless of their membership status or if a resident or bot

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* Mainland sims limited to 40 avatars generally can't have traffic over 57,600, while island estates with 100 avatar limits usually won't be over 144000, but those limits can be exceeded by avatars relogging back into a sim

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* Traffic also determines which "Popular Places" are selected each night. You can see these by clicking on the Find button and selecting the "Popular Places" tab. They also appear on the Map as a "thumbs up" icon.

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* Initially, Dwell was (and still remains) a fixed value of points for each Resident assigned by calculating the proportion of their SL day spent at each location in the world on a daily basis. Currently, a Resident must spend at least 5 minutes in one full chunk to give a parcel at least one traffic point.

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== Up to 2006 ==

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* Initially, Linden offered a $US reward to the 2% of landowners who receive the most dwell - in proportion to the dwell their properties received. In August of 2004, US$2,308 was distributed to 36 landowners. This was essentially seed funding in the earlier days of SL when even a popular build could still become economically unviable due to very low population numbers.

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* Initially, Dwell was a fixed value of points for each Resident assigned by calculating the proportion of their SL day spent at each location in the world on a daily basis. Previously, a Resident needed to spend at least 5 minutes in one full chunk to give a parcel at least one traffic point.

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* Linden Labs offered a $US reward to the 2% of landowners who receive the most dwell - in proportion to the dwell their properties received. In August of 2004, US$2,308 was distributed to 36 landowners. This was essentially seed funding in the earlier days of SL when even a popular build could still become economically unviable due to very low population numbers.

* In mid-2006, stipends based on dwell were removed as population growth provided a audience sufficient enough to support a more conventional economy in Second Life.

* In mid-2006, stipends based on dwell were removed as population growth provided a audience sufficient enough to support a more conventional economy in Second Life.

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* Traffic also determines which "Popular Places" are selected each night. You can see these by clicking on the Find button and selecting the "Popular Places" tab. They also appear on the Map as a "thumbs up" icon.

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* The traffic of all avatars count, regardless of their membership status.

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Revision as of 11:00, 27 February 2008

What is Traffic? (Dwell)

Linden initially introduced "traffic" or "dwell" as a way to reward residents who create popular locations.

Since 2006

In 2006 traffic was changed to be a minute an avatar spends in a parcel (Ref: [1])

The traffic of all avatars count, regardless of their membership status or if a resident or bot

Mainland sims limited to 40 avatars generally can't have traffic over 57,600, while island estates with 100 avatar limits usually won't be over 144000, but those limits can be exceeded by avatars relogging back into a sim

Traffic also determines which "Popular Places" are selected each night. You can see these by clicking on the Find button and selecting the "Popular Places" tab. They also appear on the Map as a "thumbs up" icon.

Up to 2006

Initially, Dwell was a fixed value of points for each Resident assigned by calculating the proportion of their SL day spent at each location in the world on a daily basis. Previously, a Resident needed to spend at least 5 minutes in one full chunk to give a parcel at least one traffic point.

Linden Labs offered a $US reward to the 2% of landowners who receive the most dwell - in proportion to the dwell their properties received. In August of 2004, US$2,308 was distributed to 36 landowners. This was essentially seed funding in the earlier days of SL when even a popular build could still become economically unviable due to very low population numbers.

In mid-2006, stipends based on dwell were removed as population growth provided a audience sufficient enough to support a more conventional economy in Second Life.